5: Digital Content
Manage and sustain digital content Other Information:
Planned Outcome: Access over time to a rich body of digital content through the establishment of a national network of committed
partners, collaborating in a digital preservation architecture with defined roles and responsibilities. The active institution-wide
management of digital content by the Library, throughout each stage of the content life cycle, that recognizes the institution-wide
interdependencies among various life-cycle stages to include planning, creating, selecting, describing, sustaining, and making
available digital content. Performance Measures: 1. Integrated institution-wide framework for life-cycle management of digital
content established. 2. Business processes and work flows that support the life-cycle management of digital content within
the Library of Congress and via a national/international network defined. 3. Institution-wide approach for articulating policies,
roles, and responsibilities related to life-cycle management established. 4. Technical architecture and information technology
(IT) infrastructure requirements to support digital content life-cycle management within the Library of Congress and as part
of a national/international network defined. 5. Strategy for implementing digital content life-cycle management, organizations,
and services within the Library of Congress and as part of a national/international network established. 6. National and international
network of digital content life-cycle management partnerships begun, with shared roles and responsibilities defined. 7. Multiple
avenues for capture, long-term preservation, and accessibility of content expanding the Library’s natural leadership role
in selection, metadata, and intellectual property issues. 8. Collaborative federal research agenda for preservation of digital
content supported. 9. Volume of Library of Congress’ digital content holdings increased.
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